[.] Are You Wake Up Early? [.]

The benefits of getting up early are many.

1. You will become fitter
The morning is the best time to workout. The air is clean and cool and you have more energy at any other time in the day. Working out in the morning actually leads you to feel MORE awake and energized during the day. As time goes on your early morning workouts will keep you happy and awake during the long work days.

2. You will become thinner
Weight loss workouts in the morning are more effective because you have little to no available energy sources in your body. In this situation your body looks to its fat stores for energy to fire your workouts. Perfect.

3. You will get more done
If you are at university or have a lot of work to do then getting up early is the best solution. Morning hours are much more productive; you are more alert and much more awake. You will also increase the number of hours you have available to do chores and so on which will lighten your load.

A summary of what you need to know to be an early riser

• Avoid coffee, wine and chocolate around bed time. It upsets the acids in your stomach and disturbs sleep.
• Go to bed at the same time each night; even if it is late.
• Wake at the same time each day; even on weekends.
• Don’t have too much food or drink before bedtime.
• Make sure you aren’t too hot or too cold when you sleep.
• Put your alarm far away from your bed so you have to physically get up to turn it off.
• Make a firm promise that you will get up at a certain time.
• Have a solid reason as to why you need to get up.
• Do not engage in ‘mind games’ that keep you asleep and lazy.